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Weather and Climate

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A pressure system that produces little to no wind, clear sunny skies, with dry air.
As winds blow surface currents away from the coastline, deep and nutrient rich waters are pulled to the surface. This is very important for the marine ecosystem.
A warm airmass that originates near the equator.
A fast moving front, where temperatures soon drop/decrease. Many storms develop at these boundaries.
A front where a cool and warm air mass push against each other with equal force, resulting in the potential for slow and steady rain that could last days.
When a cold front merges with a warm front.
A pressure system where winds increase, and warm humid air rises forming cloudy/stormy weather.
The driving force for convection in the atmosphere.
A low pressure system results when humid surface winds are pulled inward and rise in this manner.
When water vapor rises and cools, it will condense and form a cloud. When the cloud gets too saturated, this will come next.
An air mass that originates over the ocean and tends to be relatively humid.
The Sun indirectly determines this physical property of air, which varies across the globe; when changed, this property can affect the air's density.
When a fluid (global winds and ocean currents) changes its direction of flow as a result of an unbalanced force, such as an obstruction.
The amount of salt in the ocean that affects density.
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The amount of weight or force exerted on the Earth's surface by the atmosphere.
The amount of matter in a given volume. The difference in this physical property drives convection.
The amount of water vapor or moisture in the air.
When the Eastern Pacific waters are cooler than usual because the trade winds are faster than normal. This promotes and drives upwelling, which is good for the marine ecosystem. However, it often results in severe droughts in the southwest-central regions of the US.
Advanced tropical storms that originate as low pressure systems off the west coast of Africa, near the equator. These storms form well defined walls of low pressure containing an excess of moisture, that encircles an "eye" of high pressure.
An air mass that originates over the land, and tends to be relatively dry.
Used as a synonym for good or sunny weather.
When there are so many white clouds with the absence of blue skies.
A high pressure system results when cool, more dense air sinks from the jet stream, and is deflected in this manner away from the center.
Land has been known to inhibit, or slow tropical storms. A hurricane is driven and strengthened by low pressure and this.
This phenomenon causes global winds and surface currents to bend to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.
The circulation of surface currents due to the Earth's rotations, and continental deflection.
A slow moving front where temperatures rise/increase. A drizzle or cloudy skies is not uncommon.
The "contour lines" of a pressure (barometric) map that illustrates areas around a pressure system with equal pressure values.
If viewed from the north, the Earth spins on its axis counter-clockwise. If it is viewed from the side with the equator dividing the north and south, it rotates this way.
When isobars on a pressure map are tightly packed together, this weather condition will be high.
When the Eastern Pacific waters are unusually warm because the trade winds have died down, evaporated water near the west coast of Mexico and California tends to bring in a lot of rain that drifts across the southern US.
Cold airmasses that originates near the poles.